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Crown Agents walked away with the ‘Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Excellence Award’ at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards last Monday night, 8th November, held at the Hilton on Park Lane. And it was a project that impressed every single judge in a category within which, arguably, every single entry had winning credentials. The award…
Wise Robotics has today announced a new strategic partnership with conveyor, sortation, and storage systems provider, BS Handling Systems. Formerly known as OW Robotics, Wise Robotics will now offer its autonomous warehouse robots, manufactured by Hikrobot, alongside BS Handling Systems’ conveyor, sortation and storage systems solutions. Together, the two businesses will create large scale fulfilment…
ISPM 15 (International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15) applies to wooden pallets and aims to stop the spread of harmful bugs and diseases moving from country to country, and exporters face delays if they fail to comply with these standards. Exporters may face delays and backlogs at ports like Dover and Felixstowe if they…
Robotics and automation provider Berkshire Grey has partnered with retailer Bealls, to provide automation services, to handle an expanding customer base. Bealls is expanding its business and wanted to meet the demand of picking, sorting, and packing 55 million units annually. Bealls is growing its core business while facing the same labour challenges as the…
Delivery specialist DPD Group and software provider AEB International scooped the ‘Supply Chain Operations – Best Use of People and Process’ at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards on Monday 8th November, fending off some stiff competition in the process. But its answer to the conundrum of Brexit – based around planning, infrastructure, people, processes and…
Pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics has partnered with homeware retailer Dunelm Group, to provide increased capacity for its home delivery fulfilment services in Staffordshire. GXO will outfit Dunelm’s new facility in Stoke with various technologies, including Cognex machine vision systems and ProGlove wireless wearable barcode scanners, as well as providing training to Dunelm colleagues…
DSV will be investing in 20 automated fulfilment centres across Europe, North America, and APAC. The large-scale multi-user facilities will allow DSV to offer warehouse automation to differently sized companies, both in B2C and B2B. The string of automated warehouse facilities can cater for the specific needs of a company, while the goods are stored…
The award for ‘Supply Chain Operations – Best Use of Technology’ at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards on Monday 8th November went to the relatively new company, Chartersync, which submitted its entry alongside aviation specialist RVL Group. As well as being innovative, the company itself has an interesting back story, which intrigued the judges. The…
The supply chain’s impact on global GHGs is well known so it’s up to some smart solutions providers to help minimise the industry’s impact on the environment, particularly in light of the focus on transport and CO2 targets at COP26 in recent weeks. That’s why it was particularly fitting that sennder claimed the ‘Technology Supply…
Eurocell’s winning of the ‘Warehouse Initiative’ prize at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards on Monday 8th November is perhaps a reflection of what can be achieved with grit and determination, in the face of the biggest disruptive event the world has seen in decades. And given the competition in this category, the announcement of Eurocell…
Spanish food retailer Mercadona has achieved complete performance capabilities after partnering with WITRON. The new, fully automated frozen food warehouse in Guadix, Spain, was completed by WITRON during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges, the project was completed in eight weeks, and as a result of the partnership, the intended system performance was…
In the hotly contested ‘Clipper Logistics Supply Chain Innovation Award’ at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards on Monday 8th November, the trophy was ultimately awarded to Geek+, Asda Logistics Services and AMH Materials Handling for the successful launch and integration of an intelligent sorting system in the retail giant’s West Yorkshire distribution centre. The announcement…
Storopack like many companies, have seen an increase in demand to supply the e-commerce market through its distribution partners. However, 2020 exceeded all forecasts as the global pandemic drove sales online, and according to data from the IMRG total online sales growth in the UK rose by 36.6% year-on-year in 2020. Changes in consumer attitudes….
Judges in the 2021 Supply Chain Excellence Awards decided that Swoon and Zencargo were made for each other in terms of their innovative practices – one as a manufacturer/retailer and the other as a supply chain management provider – and together they were a force to be reckoned with. The pair claimed the Supply Chain…
Ligentia and fashion brand/omni-channel retailer White Stuff scooped the Supply Chain Strategy and Design Award at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards on Monday 8th November, a prize that was richly deserved, according to judges. The collaboration allowed the latter to not only overcome some of the European distribution challenges imposed by Brexit but do so…
Claiming the Urban Logistics prize at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards this year was Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust with CEVA Logistics – an announcement that was met with rapturous applause from those in attendance at the Hilton on Park Lane on Monday 8th November. In a competitive category, the winner was revealed…
The timing of COP26 over the past few weeks has been perfect for Menzies Distribution, which claimed the ‘Unipart Logistics Award for Sustainability’ at the Supply Chain Awards on Monday 8th November. Sustainability wasn’t a recognised imperative when the company started out in 1833, but it revealed to judges that it has been “designing sustainable…
The CMA CGM Group, a specialist in shipping and logistics, and ENGIE, which specialises in the field of renewables and energy solutions, have committed to working together to advance the energy transition by promoting the industrial-scale production and distribution of synthetic methane and BioLNG. An initial project to produce liquefied biomethane (BioLNG) for shipping has…
Victoria Plum scooped the ‘Retail Supply Chain Excellence Award’ at the 25th Anniversary of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards, held at the Hilton on Park Lane on Monday 8th November. Strategic collaboration was a key factor in Victoria Plum successfully riding the waves created by the pandemic – and was an influential point for the…
At the Supply Chain Excellence Awards in London on Monday 8th November, GreyOrange and IKEA walked off clutching the award for ‘Best Use of Robotics’. The award was announced by special guest host Shaun Williamson (‘Barry from Eastenders’) and was presented by Katie Searles, Senior Reporter on Robotics & Innovation magazine, sponsor of the accolade,…
In a glitzy, glamorous event at the Hilton on Park Lane last night – and in front of more than 500 people – Farmer Connect with UCC Coffee claimed the much-coveted ‘Geek+ Team of the Year’ prize at Logistics Manager’s Supply Chain Excellence Awards, in addition to winning ‘The Kinaxia Logistics Award for Food &…
Private real estate investor Henderson Park, has paid £54 million to Haworth Group for a 136-acre tri-modal logistics development site in Yorkshire, in an off-market deal. The deal was undertaken with real estate developer Cole Waterhouse. The site, close to Leeds, has outline planning consent for 1.4 million ft2 of logistics space in seven units ranging…
Geek+, a global AMR leader, has won the Supply Chain Excellence Innovation Award 2021 for its robotic sorting solution together with Asda Logistics Services (ALS) and AMH Material Handling. The Supply Chain Excellence Awards rewards companies that excel in their supply chain operations globally. The award has brought together a wide range of applicants from…
Real estate investor and developer, Firethorn Trust, has snapped up a 24-acre logistics site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The site forms part of the wider ‘Phase 2’ development at Gateway36, which spans more than 51-acres and is owned by Yorkshire-based land and property regenerators, Harworth Group plc. Contracts have now been exchanged, and Firethorn is…
Kuehne+Nagel has become one of the first air logistics providers to offer its customers the option to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for each shipment and hence instantly avoid carbon emissions. This new add-on is available on all Kuehne+Nagel air freight quoting platforms and channels, allowing customers to choose carbon neutral transport via their preferred…
Ahead of the 25th Supply Chain Excellence Awards tonight, LogisticsManager.com caught up with Mars and Maersk, nominee in the Unipart Logistics Sustainability category at the 2021 Awards. Taking place at the Hilton on Park Lane in London later on, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards are set to be a night of celebration, as the best in the logistics…
E-fulfilment specialist Whistl has bought Relish, an FMCG product sampling specialist from Kin and Carta. Relish specialises in the beauty and FMCG sectors. It allows brands to target consumers through matching them with synergistic partners such as placing a sample for a perfume brand within an online fashion delivery. Its customers include ASOS, BakedIn, Deliveroo,…
Coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow, Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has announced a major investment in new equipment to help decarbonise its operations. The UK’s largest container port has placed orders for 48 battery-powered terminal tractors and 17 zero-emission Remote controlled Electric Rubber-Tyred Gantry cranes (ReARTGs). The new two-wheel drive tractor units, to be supplied…
DHL has begun a trial of the EAV eCargo bike for its small-item home delivery service. Operating in Edinburgh, the eCargo bike will deliver items that do not require two-person services but still require special handling. Current plans will see the vehicle make around seven to eight drops a day, carrying around four items at…
Chancerygate has secured planning to build 127,975ft2 of light industrial and warehousing space in Wigston, near Leicester which it hopes will support the demand for rapid last mile delivery in the area. Mark Garrity, Development Director and Head of Chancerygate’s Birmingham office, said: “Genesis Park is a prime site in South Wigston’s well-established industrial area….
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